question archive A 23-year-old woman was brought to the emergency room in a semiconscious state
A 23-year-old woman was brought to the emergency room in a semiconscious state
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A 23-year-old woman was brought to the emergency room in a semiconscious state. Three days prior to admission she had attempted to terminate a 12-week pregnancy by inserting and manipulating a wire coat hanger into her uterus.
On physical examination she was sweating profusely despite a normal temperature, respirations were
shallow and rapid, and she was hypotensive. Pelvic examination revealed a tender uterus and a thin, brownish, foul-smelling exudate coming from the cervix. Gram stain of the exudate showed many large Gram-positive rods and a few white blood cells. A urine specimen obtained by catheter was colored red, and a blood specimen likewise showed the serum to be red. The red color of the urine and serum was due to free hemoglobin. The abdominal film revealed gas in the uterus. The patient was started on pressor agents (to raise the blood pressure) and antibiotics, a unit of blood was transfused, and she was taken to the operating room where an emergency hysterectomy was performed. The patient developed renal failure and irreversible shock and died 8 hours later. Cultures of blood and the uterine exudate obtained on admission both grew out the causative bacteria.
Questions:
1. What is the disease?
2. What is the causative organism?
3. Where are this organism ans other members of the same genus found?
4. What other diseases are caused by this organisms and other members of the same genus?
5. Describe the methods used for the treatment of this disease?
